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to puddle

to puddle

1 2.0
To cause water to collect in small pools on a surface
  • verb
  • /ˈpʌdəl/
translation icon : formar charcos
  • Chanda realized that water was starting to puddle all around them.
  • water puddled
  • rain puddled
  • puddle on the floor

Examples

  • After it rained, the water began to puddle on the sidewalk near the park.

  • " Dub approached the ruined machine, his slippers quickly getting soggy in the water puddled around it.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • OK, so you can see right there, it's just kind of puddled in the center.

  • Water was puddled on the floor.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Clean up puddled water and spread a tarp on the floor under the area.

    Blog text (32)

  • Rain puddled on the window sills.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The melting snow puddled in ruts and turned the high yellow color of animal urine.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Water tributaries across the small dead lawn and puddled around the laundry pole.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Water was sliding down his black raincoat and puddling in his wingtip shoes.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Rain was falling steadily now, spattering on the stones of the roadway, staining them dark and beginning to puddle.

    Fiction book (1993)

Antonyms

to absorb
217 3.0

To take in things such as liquid, light, or information

Phrasal Verbs

to puddle up
  • Informal
7.6

To gather closely in a small group for warmth or company

Compounds

mud puddle
3 1.0

A small pool of muddy water on the ground after rain

puddle jumper
1 6.5

A small boat for shallow water or a person who jumps over puddles

puddle pirate
  • Baby Talk
9.4

A child who plays in puddles and pretends to find treasure

How Wet

to flood
176 1.0
to drench
34 3.0
to soak
141 1.0
to puddle
1 2.0
to wet
26 1.0
to dampen
4 3.4
to moisten
7 3.0

Surface Forms

puddle infinitive
puddled past
puddled past participle
puddling present participle
puddles third person singular

Etymology

Puddle as a verb (to make a small pool) comes from the noun for a little wet pool, so to puddle is simply to let liquid gather into a 'puddle' on a surface. That's why we say floors or paths 'puddle' when water collects on them.